Fly shooter



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FLY SHOOTER Filed April 22, 192 r WITNESSES I i A) nvmvm/es 7 Bar expW36, Leca'aSaaoezz 4 TTOHNEYS Patented June 5, 1923f UNITED srarssrattan PATENT 1 OFFI'QE.

BERT KENNEDY AND LEwIs SAIGER, or e'LovEasvILLE, NEW YORK. I

ELY SHOOTER.

Application filedApril 22, 19 22. serial No. 555,399.

T all whom it may, concern:

Be it known that we,.BER'r KENN DY and LEwrs SAIosn, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Gloversville, in thecounty of Fulton andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFly Shooters, of which the following is a specification. v y

This invention relates to a fly shooter. The purpose of the invention isto provide a device of of a pistol .and which may be employed to killflies, or the like, and which is also adapted to serve; as .means ofentertaining children.

It is also within the scope of the objects of the invention that thedevice be extremely f simple in construction and inexpensive tomanufacture. I v

Other objects will hereinafter appear. The invention is illustrated byway of example in the accompanying drawings, in

view of the device and showing the striker when in its set position. H

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same and illustratingthe application of the device for killing. a fly. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective Referring to the drawlngs more particularly,the pistol consists in a body comprising a handle H formed at itsforward end with a stock or barrel B. The body described may be made ofany material desired, a

light and inexpensive material being preferable. The handle portion maybeknurled upon its sides asat 10, and intermediate the handle H andbarrel B there is provided a slot 11 which is arranged vertically withrespect to the barrel B and handle H and substantially ofthe size shown.The .end

walls of the slot may taper toward the lower end thereof as shown inFigure 2. Also at this point the body is formed with a pair of ears 12which are arcuate in shape, as shown,

and one occurring upon each side of the handle or barrel, and-the innersurface of each ear being flush with the corresponding side wall of theslot 11. i

The forward end of the barrel B is recessed to provide the twoprotrusions or extensions 13 which are preferably of the shape shown inorder that the body of the device, as a whole, possible. I l KBetweenthe extensions 13 there is pivoted may be as attractive as theabove character in the form of said hammer.

' forwardly fact that the construction,

the head portion 1 1 of a striker S the.

-means of apin 14., said striker otherwise consisting inthe shankportion 15'which terminates at its other end in a circular plate oredgeiofthebarrelB, as illustrated Figure 1. i

In. the slot 11 there is pivoted a trigger" member 17 which I iscrescent in shapev iild pivotally supported by a pin 18. The upperendportion '19 is adapted to engage with the rear. edge of ahead or hammergenerally indicated by the reference numeral. 20,5flid 2 1 and vhaving.its lower end portion '22.

upon the plate 16 of the striker S. e The striker opening at apointadjacent its head por- 'tion 14 through which there is'extended the oneend of an elastic loop 26,'said; loop being secured'against movementthrough the opening 25 of thestriker as at 27. The elastic 26 isotherwise extended throughatransverse bore or opening 28 in the barrelB, audits S is formed with a transverse hammer being p votally supportedbya'pin head 23 is formed with a forward projection 2-4 which is adaptedto be brought to engage other end portion looped aboutvthe head 23 ofthe hammer 20 and disposed in a notch 29 In operating thepresent device,the striker Sis turned rear wardly upon" itspivotl l. to the positionshown in Figure 1 and so held by the head 23 0f hammer 20; The elastic26 urges the striker to, swing upon its" pivot 1a, and upon the triggerlated to operate the head 23 of said hammer rearwardly and release-thestriker, S said striker will swing undertension of the elastic 26 and ifbrought to strike a fly, or the like, may serve to kill the same, asillustrated in Figure 2. i

' vVhile' we have shown and described the preferred form of ourinvention, we wishit',

tobe understood that we, are aware of the combination and.

arrangement ofyparts may be "changed by those skilled 1n the art withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as indi: cated by theappended claims. We claim p ,A pistol ofthe character described,

comprising a stock including a handle therefor, a striker comprising ashank having a plate formed at its one end, means for pivoting the otherend of said striker to the forward end of the stock whereby said strikermay be folded backward upon the stock, a

hammer for en a in the striker and holdb D b swing the striker forwardlyupon its pivot when released from said hammer.

2. A pistol of the character described, comprising a stock including ahandle at one end thereof, a striker having its one end pivoted to theforward end of said stock and adapted to swing forwardly with relationto said stock, an elastic having its one end connected to the pivotedend of said striker and then passing upon the under side of said stockand upwardly through an opening in the stock, a hammer positioned at therear end of said stock and having the other end ofv said elastic securedthereto whereby to urge the same forwardly for engaging the striker whensaid striker is swung rearwardly against the tension of said elastic,and a trigger for operating the hammer to release said striker.

3. A pistol of the character described, comprising a stock provided atits one end with a handle and having its other end bi furcated, astriker consisting in an elongated member having its one end pivotedbetween the prongs afforded by the bifurcated ends of said stock, ahammer pivotally mounted at the rear end of the stock, an elasticconnected to the pivoted end of said striker and extended rearwardly andconnected to said hammer whereby to urge the hammer forwardly, a headupon said hammer adapted to engage and hold the striker in a rearwardswung position and against the tension of the elastic, and a triggeradapted to move the hammer for releasing said striker.

4. A pistol of the character described, comprising a stock having at oneend a handle, an elongated striker pivotally connected adjacent its oneend to the free end of said stock and adapted to be folded or swungrearwardly and upon the upper edge of the stock, a hammer pivotallysupported at the rear end of the stock and adapted to be brought toengage upon the associated end of the stock when the same is in itsrearward swung position, an elastic having its one end connected to thepivoted end of said striker and then passing partially about saidstriker and beneath the stock and then upwardly through an opening inthe stock and its other end connected to the hammer, and trigger meansfor moving the hammer to release said striker.

5. A pistol of the character described, comprising a stock having at oneend a handle, an elongated striker pivotally connected adjacent its oneend to the free end of said stock and adapted to be folded or swungrearwardly' and upon the upper edge of the stock, a hammer pivotallysupported at the rear end of the stock and adapted to be brought toengage upon the associated end of the stock when the same is in itsrearward swung position, an elastic having its one end connected to thepivoted end of said striker and then passing partially about saidstriker and beneath the stock and then upwardly through suitable guidemeans and having its free end connected to said hammer, and a triggeradapted for moving the hammer to release said striker.

6. A pistol of the character described, comprising a stock having ahandle at one end, an elongated striker having its one end pivotallysupported for forward and rearward swinging movement at the forward endof the stock, a hammer pivoted at the rear end of the stock and adaptedfor engaging the striker when said striker is swung rearwardly upon thestock, an elastic connected to the striker at its pivoted end andpassing partially about the pivoted end thereof and then having itsother end connected to the hammer whereby to urge the striker to swingforwardly and also retain the hammer in engagement with the striker, anda trigger for operating the hammer to release the striker.

LEWIS SAIGER.

BER-T KENNEDY.

